Christian Web News - A British-born scholar, now living in Jerusalem, says the British government is finally starting to take steps to stem the tide of Islamic expansion that has led to home-grown anti-Semitism, much of which has been driven by radical Islam.

Recently an Islamic group was banned by the British government. The group was notorious for glorifying al-Qaeda and tied to terror plots both in Britain and abroad. Members of the cell were reportedly involved in the July 7, 2005, London Transit bombings.

Robert Solomon Wistrich, author and editor of 24 books, including the recently published A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad. He says British authorities have finally woken up.

"London has been one of the hubs of Islamic radicalism. It also has a large Muslim population," the author notes. "The British authorities were very, very slow to pick up on this, but they have slowly but surely begun to address the problem.

"But...sometimes you can take liberalism too far," Wistrich continues, "and you allow the enemies of democracy to destroy you from within before you wake up in time. So this is to some extent a late awakening -- but better late than never."

Wistrich says even Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the infamous "Christmas bomber" from Nigeria, had apparently been radicalized in London, where he had been a student at University College -- the author's alma mater.

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